1937: After nearly four-and-a-half years of construction, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrians. Approximately 18,000 people are waiting to walk across the span when it officially opens at 6 a.m. The bridge opened to automobile traffic the following day, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt — at the White House 3,000 miles away — pressed […]

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1937: After nearly four-and-a-half years of construction, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrians. Approximately 18,000 people are waiting to walk across the span when it officially opens at 6 a.m. The bridge opened to automobile traffic the following day, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt — at the White House 3,000 miles away — pressed […]